BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER

UNCLAS CAIRO 002251 C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - SENSITIVE CAPTION ADDED SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL ETTC MASS EG SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER ABDEL-FATTAH KHALIFA ABDEL BAKY - CASE NO. K-1135 REF: STATE 99496 ¶1. (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Abdel Fattah Khalifa at the offices of the United Consultant Group. Khalifa confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm provides mostly consulting and construction services, but it does physically handle VHF radio equipment. Khalifa said the company uses a secure facility in October 6 city outside of Cairo that has 24-hour security and restricted access. The company was established in 1992. The firm employs 42 people in total. Khalifa said that 95 percent of his business was with the Egyptian military and the remaining business with oil companies. Khalifa confirmed that he was familiar with restrictions on USML items, including the unauthorized re-transfer and re-export of items. ¶2. (SBU) Khalifa explained that his company provided a wide-range of consulting and construction services for the Egyptian military. As a retired Air Force officer, most of his work was with the Air Force, including consulting on the F-16 Aircraft Management System with the Qubic company, aircraft navigation systems with the KVH company, VHF communications equipment with Dataron, and Predator unmanned aerial vehicles with General Automatic. Tueller